Studies, surveys and statistics confirm that companies underestimate the problem of IT security, even though the topic has long been openly discussed. Alarming data comes from a survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab: it shows that most companies are unaware of the real risks of failing to protect their systems and tend not to invest in IT security.
The survey results are clear: 60% of the companies interviewed have neither time nor money to invest in developing IT security policies and measures.
The most puzzling figure is that only 34% of governments and global defense organizations have adequate protection systems. This is precisely where investing in IT security should be the absolute priority, to protect a large amount of confidential data.
Those who have decided to create protection policies do not have adequate resources, and for about half of the respondents the budget is insufficient. Some have no extra funds to invest in IT security; this applies to 16%.
Lack of awareness of the real risks caused by insufficient protection could have important consequences from a financial and reputational standpoint. 91% of organizations have received at least one cyberattack from outside, while 85% admitted receiving an internal attack in the last 12 months.
“A quarter of companies still consider security problems as things that happen to others, even though more and more are beginning to understand that they are a real problem for any company,” said David Emm, security researcher at Kaspersky Lab. According to Emm, 28% of organizations naively think that the cost of protection against cyberattacks is higher than the potential losses they may face.
Companies should therefore become aware of their real IT security gaps and implement protection policies suitable for safeguarding sensitive information. If you have a portal, reserved area, website or application to protect, request a risk assessment from sector professionals. In Italy, EasyAudit will help you identify the vulnerabilities of your IT system: investing in IT security will be affordable thanks to EasyAudit's contained costs!
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